I think the time for blind trust is long over. Now I need answers. - Genevieve Cogman

It was the sort of overly complex plan dreamed up by armchair manipulators who thought they could play chess with the universe and didn’t realize that the universe ignored rulebooks.

She was a Librarian, and the deepest, most fundamental part of her life involved a love of books. Right now, she wanted nothing more than to shut the rest of the world out and have nothing to worry about except the next page of whatever she was reading.

But don't make the same mistakes that we have, Irene." Her mouth quirked in a smile. "Make some new ones.